(a) The Commissioner may send a notice or other communication by electronic means if:
(1) the Commissioner is required to deliver, give, mail, serve, or otherwise provide the notice or other communication in writing;
(2) the recipient has provided an e–mail address to the Commissioner to receive notices or other communications;
(3) the notice or other communication is sent to the e–mail address provided by the recipient; and
(4) the Commissioner maintains proof that the notice was sent to the recipient at the recipient’s e–mail address.
(b) If a person is required to send the Commissioner a notice or other communication and the person is not licensed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the Commissioner:
(1) the person may send the notice or other communication by electronic means approved by the Commissioner; and
(2) the Commissioner may not require the person to send the notice or other communication by electronic means.
(c) The Commissioner may require a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise regulated by the Commissioner to send a notice or other communication by electronic means.
(d) Subject to the provisions of the Maryland Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, a notice or other communication sent in accordance with this section shall be presumed to have been received in the ordinary course.